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The Center for Rheumatology, LLP Partners With UnitedHealthcare to Expand Patient Access to the Capital Region.

It is the mission of The Center for Rheumatology, LLP to be the center of excellence in the diagnosis and care of individuals who are suffering from rheumatic diseases. As part of this mission, TCFR understands the importance of providing affordable and quality care to our neighbors in the local community. Therefore, we are excited to announce our participation with all UnitedHealthcare plans and products effective May 1st, 2017.

With this participation, the 17 highly trained and specialized providers of TCFR are now in-network for the following UnitedHealthcare plans; UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Unitedhealthcare Medicare Solutions, UnitedHealthcare commercial plans (PPO, HMO, etc), and UnitedHealthcare Oxford plans. TCFR is already participating and will continue to participate with the UnitedHealthcare Empire Plan (also known as NYSHIP).

This partnership will allow more patients access to one of the largest rheumatology practices in the country where delivering quality award winning care is our goal. With this participation, many of our patients can receive the care they need with the affordability of an in-network participating provider.

The Center for Rheumatology, LLP has 4 locations across Upstate NY. Our practice locations are in Albany, Saratoga, Glenville and Queensbury. If you are interested in becoming a patient at our practice, please contact one of our locations below to get started. We look forward to serving more of the communities needs and welcome UnitedHealthcare members to our practice. If you are a referring provider, please contact our Patient Coordinator department at 518-489-4471 to schedule an appointment for your patients.

The Center for Rheumatology, LLP is the largest rheumatology practice in Upstate New York and employs the second largest number of rheumatologists in the nation for the diagnosis and care of individuals with arthritis, osteoporosis, autoimmune and musculoskeletal disease, and for investigation of new treatments for these disorders. As the major regional center in this rapidly evolving field, The Center for Rheumatology strives to be a center of excellence in the diagnosis and care of individuals with rheumatic diseases, in the development of new treatments, and a resource for the education of our patients, the medical community, and the public at large. To learn more about TCFR, please visit www.joint-docs.com or call 518-489-4471.

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